Meet the speakers (Boston 2021)
Day One (Tues 9 Nov)
Day One Keynote (8:30AM, Tues 9 Nov)
Dennis Lippmann
CEO & President, thyssenkrupp Uhde USA
Serving the large-scale hydrogen and ammonia market – Expansion to 5 GW of annual electrolyzer manufacturing
Session One: Ammonia Production - a project showcase
(9 - 10:30 AM, Tues 9 Nov)
Sameer Parvathikar
Technology Advancement & Commercialization,
RTI International
Next Generation Technology Integration Platform for Low- and Zero-Carbon Ammonia Production and Utilization
Linda Thrasher
President & Co-founder,
Greenfield Nitrogen
The First Industrial Scale Pure Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Plant
Richard Boardman
Laboratory Relationship Manager (Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology Office),
Idaho National Laboratory
Ammonia: A New Business for Nuclear Energy
Moderated by Trevor Brown
Executive Director,AEA
Session Two: Future Ammonia Tech
(11:00 AM - 1:00PM, Tues 9 Nov)
Derek Miller
Process Safety Director,
Air Products
Electrolyser integration into a large green ammonia facility: potential hazards and mitigation strategies
Seonghoon Woo
Co-founder & CEO,
Amogy
Ammonia-based Clean Energy System with Ultra-High Energy Density
Mauricio Medici
New Business Development Manager,
Stamicarbon
Stami Green Ammonia to play a key role in decarbonizing the fertilizer industry
Rachel Gregg
Research and Development Engineer,
Starfire Energy
Starfire Energy’s Rapid Ramp modular ammonia plant development status and trajectory
Matt Palys
Postdoctoral Associate,
University of Minnesota
Renewable Ammonia for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture: Sector Coupling for Economic Competitiveness
John Kutsch
Executive Director,
Thorium Energy Alliance
The Bridge to 100% Nuclear Hydrogen, Enabling Pure Ammonia
Moderated by Kevin Rouwenhorst
AEA
Lunchtime Workshops
(1:00 - 3:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)
Session Three: Moving & Storing Ammonia Energy
(3:30 - 5:30PM, Tues 9 Nov)
Hans Vrijenhoef
Chairman of Management Board, Proton Ventures
Ammonia: the inevitable fuel for future
Justin Louchheim
Senior Director (Government Affairs),
The Fertilizer Institute
Ammonia logistics
Megan Acker
Senior Manager (Business Development),
NuStar Energy
Pipeline Transportation of Ammonia – Helping to Bridge the Gap to a Carbon Free Future
Oliver Hatfield
VP Business Development,
Argus Media
Country traded ammonia logistics and storage, present and future
Moderated by Trevor Brown
Executive Director,AEA
Drinks Reception (5:30 - 7:30PM, Marriott Copley)
Day Two (Wed 10 Nov)
Breakfast Workshops
(8:30 - 10:30AM, Wed 10 Nov)
Day Two Keynote (11AM, Wed 10 Nov)
Jon Carmack
Senior Technical Advisor,
Office of Nuclear Energy
Delivering a net-zero energy system in the United States
Session Four: New Ammonia Power Systems
(11:30AM - 1PM, Wed 10 Nov)
Sireesha Aluri
Development Specialist,
Linde
Impact of ammonia as a fuel / co-fuel on NOx emissions
Glenn Lansford
Sr. VP & Managing Director,
IHI Americas
IHI’s Development of Ammonia Combustions Technologies / Fuel Ammonia and Hydrogen Solutions
John F Pierce
Partner,
Stroock, Stroock & Lavan LLP
Green Ammonia Opportunities in Utility Resilience/Storage and Logistics
Ricky Sakai
VP of New Business Development,
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America
Hydrogen/Ammonia Solution Ecosystem
Moderated by Ganesan Subbaraman
Institute Fellow,
GTI
Lunchtime Workshops
(1:00 - 3:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)
Session Five: Ammonia Cracking - new technologies
(3:30 - 5:30PM, Wed 10 Nov)
Igor Egana
Business Development Manager,
H2SITE
Catalytic Membrane Reactor for H2-Production from Ammonia
Suman Khatiwada
CTO & Co-founder,
Syzygy Plasmonics
Photocatalytic Decomposition of Ammonia
Rasmus Nielsen
R&D Senior Manager,
Haldor Topsøe A/S
Joe Beach
Chief Technical Officer,
Starfire Energy
Starfire Energy’s Prometheus ammonia cracking technology
Moderated by
Craig Cain-Borgman
BASF
Day Three (Thurs 11 Nov)
Day Three Keynote (8:30AM, Thurs 11 Nov)
Conor Fürstenberg Stott
Maritime Director,
AEA
Maritime Ammonia Fuel – Stepping Forward
Session Six: Ammonia Production - a technical showcase
(9 - 11AM, Thurs 11 Nov)
Raffaele Ostuni
Department Head Gas Technologies, R&D Division,
Casale
Dynamic Analysis of Flex-gNH3 – a Green Ammonia Synthesis Process
Alon McCormick
Professor,
University of Minnesota
Optimizing absorption to improve Haber-Bosch synthesis
Gerd Behme
Sales Director,
Grandperspective
Improving operational safety in ammonia installations by a remote early warning system
Zac Cesaro
PhD student / R&D Engineer,
Oxford University / Siemens Energy
The role of green ammonia in sector coupling and seasonal electricity storage
Henry Ma
Business Development and Sales Manager (USA),
Cummins
Scaling Up H2 Electrolyzer Technology to Create a Sustainable Future
Xavier Lara
Senior Vice President (CSP),
Pacific Green Technologies
How to reduce the LCoA of green NH3 with hybrid CSP-PV plants
Moderated by Kevin Rouwenhorst
AEA
Session Seven: Certification
(11:30AM - 1:00PM, Thurs 11 Nov)
Chris Lawson
Head of Fertilizers,
CRU Group
Quantifying the emissions footprint of the nitrogen industry
Ana Angel
Manager,
Hincio
Hinicio & CertifHy
Jonathan Cocker
Partner,
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Towards Global Ammonia Energy Certification Standards
Moderated by Trevor Brown
Executive Director,AEA
